Alexander of Apamea

Alexander (Gr. Ἀλέξανδρος) was a bishop of Apamea in Syria in the 5th century. He was one of a number of moderate Eastern bishops during the Nestorian controversy, and one of the eight bishops deputed by the party of John of Antioch to the Emperor Theodosius II.[1] Alexander was sent with his namesake, Alexander of Hierapolis, by John of Antioch to the Council of Ephesus in 431.[2] The Alexanders brought word that John had not yet arrived in Ephesus and that the council should start without him.[3]

A letter by him is extant in Latin in the Nova Collectio Conciliorum of Étienne Baluze, p. 834. c. 132. fol, Paris, 1683.

References

  1. ^  "Alexander (Early Bishops)". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. 
  2. ^ Christie, Albany James (1867). "Alexander". In William Smith. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. pp. 112. http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0121.html. 
  3. ^  "Robber Council of Ephesus". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. 

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).